Vagrant : I finally dropped KVM for VirtualBox

11 July 2013 in Hi-Tech, Linux, Virtualization

A few months ago, I wanted to install as fast as possible new VMs headless. In addition, I wanted to give the possibility for my ex colleagues to be able to easily create remote VMs on my desktop as most of them got slow machines. KVM did the job perfectly. I also needed to quickly deploy Debian, so I made a pressed file. Here at eNovance, I can be selfish :-p as everybody got a fast machine (Thanks eNovance).

Yubikey : protect your desktop authentication using pam and yubikey library

9 July 2013 in Debian, Hi-Tech, Linux, Security

I’ve bought 2 Yubikeys several months ago and didn’t really took the time to play with them. A ex-colleague took that time and configured it on his desktop under ArchLinux. I decided to play with it, see how could it works and with his help, put it in place in a very short time. I configured it to work in parallel of my password. With that configuration, I do not need anymore typing my password, but only need to plug in my Yubikey.

How to use old Debian repository for unmaintained Debian versions

7 July 2013 in Debian, Hi-Tech, Linux

Installing old Debian to prepare a migration is quite good when repositories are still available. But for old unmaintained versions of Debian, we need to change some things. Hopefully Debian still keep all the old versions in an archive repository that is accessible by changing the default url. Even if during install it fails, you can set it up afterward. I’ve wrote a little article on it, follow the link.

Bye bye Fever, welcome TinyTiny RSS

5 July 2013 in Hi-Tech, Web

I tested some months ago TinyTiny RSS but it wasn’t exactly what I expected from an RSS reader. That’s why, when Google announced their Reader’s end, I wanted to quickly find a reader that can fit my needs and have enough time to test it. Fever answered most of them, instead of the mobile client. When I was on iPhone Reeder was nearly perfect, but not really Android with Meltdown.

I’m now working at eNovance

3 July 2013 in Hi-Tech, Private life

I’m glad and proud to start working at eNovance. Today is my first day and I’ve been hired as a technical leader. I know there are some people here with a high technical level. I hope I’ll learn high level stuff and help eNovance to grow up with all my years of experience. I think that most of my future topics will be related to my favorites subjects as this is what I was searching for : automation, high availability, devops and bests practices in production.

My slim theme

29 June 2013 in Debian, Hi-Tech, Linux

I’m using Slim for a few months and I’m very happy with it. It’s simple, do what does it have to do and it’s light. But I wanted to customize it to give a look similar to my Awesome theme. That’s why I’ve took Gimp and modified a theme I liked. You can see the result :-) You can find my configuration here and modify it if you want :-)

Mediawiki : install and upgrade with Git

27 June 2013 in Hi-Tech, Web

For several years, I manually managed my MediaWiki instance manually and always upgraded manually, getting diffs, patching files etc… Now it’s over, this method is simply not adapted to my needs. Now, as MediaWiki use git, I decided to maintain my instance with the git repository and extensions as well. I’ve wrote a documentation on that : Installation method Core + extensions Upgrade core + extensions I hope this will help some of you that still manage it by the old way.

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